Suny smiles, "A'cause they in't mine, they's uncomfortable," Then she begins to tear some of the fabic into strips, "An' so I can be doin' a better job of tanglin' this lassy up." She finishes her explanation as she does, indeed, set about making sure the aggressive sounding woman is quite secure.
"While I'm goin' about this, why dun't ye a'splain whut's bin goin' on, M'lady?" She asks Lady Kythra.
Karsielle listens for the Lady's answer, still not sure who to believe.
Suny begins shredding her clothing and binding the woman on the floor. The woman growls, "We were going to kill her and seize her holdings if not for you fools."
Lady Kythra takes a step back from her, seemingly taken aback by the threat against her life. "Gods. Its a good thing you all have arrived. Can a couple of you stay with me in case there are others about and another can get the guards? I'm fearful of being alone if there are more of them about."
Karsielle, you're sure that this Mary Black is not telling you everything, but Lady Kythra seems sincere.
The chef replies, "My Lady do you think it's wise to call your guard? Obviously she is not alone and could persuaded your men to betray you for some extra coin." He looks to his companions for any additional input.
"Aye, an' as fer callin' on'a local militia, how does we know they in't in on'a plan to boot?" Suny asks, finishing up her knot work on the prisoner. Looking at the captive,
"So...whut were in it fer you, then?"
"Mary, tell me more or my friend BF will give you pain enough for you to tell the truth. Why would you kill this lady?" she hisses in Mary's ear.
"I guess the Charade is over..." As he says that the guise of the chef slowly dissipates revealing the known killer Bloody Flag scourge of the lands. "Now you must explain why you would spill blood of this creature without my permission?" He says with a dark and brooding tone.
Upon Bloody Flag's "reveal", Mary Black shrieks with fear. Lady Kythra takes a trembling step back.
Mary Black cries out, "Its her! She's the leader! I just work for her."
You see Lady Kythra cast a spell, she drops a scarf and everything goes black.
Darkness
Lady Kythra
Bloody Flag
Karsielle
Suny
Mishael
Silas
Round 1
Suny, Silas, Bloody Flag, Karsielle, Mishael, Lady Kythra
Entire party is up before Lady Kythra.
As the darkness falls, Suny simply attempts to get to the woman and grapple/entangle her so as to slow/limit any further spell casting.
"Damn her darkness spell .... " shouts an angry Karsielle, who heads straight forward to the right of the woman she last saw bring the blackness down. As she does she touches Mishael on her way through, giving the fighter luck in the fight ahead.
"HAHAHAHAAHAHA! You believe that darkness is your ally against ME!" He mocks her as he whispers a guttural words of power followed by the squeaking and flapping wings of a swarm of bats. "My shadow hungers for your soul, soon it will be mine, hahahaha."
Suny's dive for the woman falls short while Silas curses the sudden blackness and Bloody Flag begins casting his spell. Karsielle reaches out to brush her hand against Mishael...
Able to see through the darkness and buoyed by Karsielle's spell, Mishael makes her own grab for the woman. "I've got her!"
Desperate to get away, the woman claws at Mishael's face, attempting to pull herself away. The azhari is too strong for her and refuses to let go in spite of the scratches that rake across her cheek.
Round 2
Suny, Silas, Bloody Flag, Karsielle, Mishael, Lady Kythra
Entire party is up before Lady Kythra. Wrap her up!
Suny again attempts to aid in the quelling of the caster,
"Wish I'd brought me net!" Suny exclaims in the darkness, but her hands find purchase and she clings on tight. Going so far as to almost wrap her lithe, brown, nekkid self around the enemy caster.
Unable to see through the darkness, Karsielle starts to intone a spell to try and bring light back into the room. Though her magics prove too weak against the powerful magic of the woman. Karsielle moves back, trying to get into the natural light of the room.
Suny manages to grasp the priestess herself, lending another pair of hands (and other body parts) to help hold her down. At the edge of the darkness, Karsielle calls on light. It isn't enough to dispel the black, but helps to brighten things where she stands.
Suny continues to wriggle and wrap about the nasty seeming woman.
"I got a hold of her!"
"Ooops!" Suny exclaims as fabric rips. "I think somat come loose!"
Mishael tries to take advantage of the grip of herself and Suny and moves to secure the woman more tightly. In spite of the woman's squirming, Mishael manages to pin her against the floor. "Suny, I think I've got her. Can you find my rope? Its right on my belt. I'll try to tie her up."
Suny feels around until she gets her hands on the rope Mishael has.
"Um..is rope supposed ta' feel like that?" :P
Karsielle, unable to see clearly, making out just shadows in the darkness, blinks and says, "Damn blackness of night, call if you want my help!"
"Aye! But whut help can ye give? Has ye got a net ta' throw over us? That'd help." Suny replies to her friend's request. Even as she tries her hardest to find the rope to help subdue the woman.
"Yay! Found tha' rope!" Suny exclaims,
Bloody Flag holds onto his spell, waiting to hear if the woman gets away to see if he needs to release his bats. Desperate to get away, Lady Kythra attempts to cast a spell. The words alone begin to freeze Mishael's limbs in place, but a quick tightening of the azhari's grip causes a whimper from the noblewoman and the spell dies on her lips.
Round 3
Suny, Silas, Bloody Flag, Karsielle, Mishael, Lady Kythra
Entire party is up before Lady Kythra. Wrap her up!
Suny loses her grip, but grabs Mishael's rope and hands it to her.
Mishael grabs the rope from Suny and continuing to hold the woman down, manages the loop the rope around her arms and legs, securing her tightly before stuffing a rag in her mouth. "Thanks Suny. We got her."
Suny laughs gleefully at the bad person's predicament, doing her best to help keep said naughty person subdued.
"He-he! I has found some buttons!" >:)
"How long does this black spell last, anywho?" Suny asks conversationally, even as she deftly goes about her business.
The darkness gradually fades. Beyond, you see Mishael, Suny, and a somewhat ravished looking Lady Kythra bound and gagged on the floor.
Suny sits cross-legged besides the now captive lady with her usual expression displayed.
(^_^)
She looks to the maid thence her companions,
"That were fun!" She exclaims, "We should do that kind'a thing more often!" (^_^)
She leans forwards and gently strokes their captive's hair,
"So...you gon'a be friendly an' co-operative? Or does we has ta' get, y'know, not friendlily on yer selfs?"
Lady Kythra glares at Suny and gnashes her teeth against the gag.
Suny giggles and continues to pat and stroke Kythra. (^_^)
"If that were a 'No'? Then I can think of lots of things ta' be doin' ta' make ye more persuasive..." Suny eyes the bound, captive woman speculatively....
Then her hand begins to wander...
"Let us find documents and evidence we can use to wind up this little woman's evil and let justice take its revenge on her and her fellow cultists." says Karsiell, her eyes glistening at the thought of the sting of justice.
You search Lady Kythra and the dayroom. She bears a morning star and a chain shirt. She also bears a wood-carved mask with a glistening ebon face. Its expressionless features are highlighted in silver.
Th only exits from the room are the door where you entered and the door that Lady Kythra was attempting to flee through.
Suny pats the Lady gently on the head, then begins to scamper about the room peering into everything and generally looking about.
Then she skips over to the maid whom they've helped.
"So then? Whut can ye tell us about whut were goin' on?" She asks brightly.
Karsielle loks at the young woman they rescued, "Are you hurt?" she checks her over. "Yes my dear, please help us help you. Tell us what this woman is up to. If you can help, come to my temple and I will give you healing. We need to have proof against this woman, so we can take her to justice and those she has wronged will receive their revenge.."